The muscular structures of interest were: pubovisceral muscle; superficial transverse perinea, bulbospongiosus and ischiocavernosus muscle and the fibromuscular perineal body [ 1].
Points of the Dai mai meridian corresponded mostly to superficial muscular structures of the abdomen, i.e. the obliquus externus abdominis and the obliquus internus abdominis.
Points of the Yin qiao mai meridian – at the medial side of the ankle – corresponded to tendinous structures of the flexor digitorum longus as well as to muscular structures of the abductor hallucis on the foot sole.
Points of the Yin qiao mai meridian at the level of the ankle corresponded to tendinous structures of the flexor digitorum longus as well as muscular structures of the abductor hallucis on the foot sole.
In 1873, Tomes [ 14] drew attention to the fact that 'along the outside of the dental arch the muscular structures of the lips and cheeks are perpetually exercising pressure perfectly symmetrically, and on the inside, the tongue is with equal persistence doing the same thing'.
It has recently been shown that SHIM can be used to directly detect several structural protein arrays in tissues, such as collagen arrays in mouse [ 116], neurons and muscular structures of the pharynx in C. elegans [ 117] without the need for fluorescent labeling.
